Re: really attracting developers

[Nikolaus Waxweiler]

> CAPTCHAs would lock more people out: http://www.w3.org/TR/turingtest/
A captcha is just one solution of many. The URL you referenced contains  
alternate methods like logic puzzles.

> Mediawiki's markup is not html (known by web authors), not autogsdoc or
> texinfo (used for current GS docs) and not wiki TextFormattingRules.
> Having to keep open a quick-reference guide is a poor substitute.
You can use HTML, plus the most commonly used markup is simple to  
remember. I looked at  
http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?TextFormattingRules and the markup  
seems to be similar.

> By 'The web API documentation', I meant the copies on www.gnustep.org -
> I have no access to mediawiki.gnustep.org and think it requires human
> copy-paste to update.
Yes, I was thinking about a script that automatically updates the wiki API  
documentation, but.. yeah, it might be better to use the wiki as a place  
for general information about classes, code snippets, tricks, etc.

> So let's kill mediawiki and the appdb and start them again as parts of  
> www.
You're proposing to leave everything as it currently is :P

> Yes, there are some guides and videos, but not *enough* for new
> user-developers and particularly not enough for other system developers.
> Referring them to Cocoa books seems unhelpful: GNUstep doesn't implement
> it all and some things are done different.
GNUstep and Cocoa share the same ideas and concepts. Unless you use Mac OS  
X specific things such as CoreAnimation, the differences are negligible or  
at least manageable.